What do bats eat?

Bat kissing a frog

Pictures of bats eating frogs and giant spiders

Bat Out of Hell is my favourite album of all time (OK, perhaps second to U2's Achtung Baby) so it was amusing when they played it at work today and I thought, why hasn't Animals Eating Animals featured bats eating things yet?

Perhaps you may have asked your self, what do bats eat?

And so here we are with images of fruit bats and other batty fellows eating things like frogs, watermelon and scarily large centipede.

Here's a bat eating a green cricket, and below is a poor spider getting a some fat fangs to his abdomen which almost seems ironic. Don't you think?

This picture below almost looks staged, but it appears to be a bat flying whilst holding a centipede in his mouth.

People often think of bats as bloofy thirsty monsters - and you can thank Bram Stoker for that, but the truth is that bats often eat noting but fruit!

And here's a picture of The Great Detective Batman eating his eggs:

Want more? How about this role reversal of a spider eating a bat that it caught in it's web? That must have been an epic food fight!

And now for something completely different, check out these hungry anaconda snakes!

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Scorpions eating prey like crickets and centipedes

The Scorpions band were a bit of a one hit wonder but real scorpions? When they hit, you wonder where the nearest hospital is as 25 species have venom capable of killing a human being...

Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals and they like to eat grass hoppers, centipedes, spiders and have even been known to occasionally eat each other! They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pincer claws and the narrow, segmented tail, carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. By their looks alone, scorpions a tough, scary looking critters and their reputation is such that bad ass wannabes often adopt Scorpions as their brand. Or their band name.

Camel spiders are a favourite here at Animals eating Animals so we are a little sad to bring you this picture of one being eaten by a black scorpion:

Below is some kind of cricket like critter meeting his doom. Either it's that or a very serious discussion about being a Democrat versus a Republican:

The Centipede was caught by this yellow scorpion as he was putting on his 50 pairs of shoes....

 This picture shows why people often mock those who like to 'sit on the fence' before they make a decision - he who hesitates gets attacked and eaten by a scorpion.

Next up where have an interesting collection of colours where we have a purple scorpion eating a green grass hopper for lunch.

Occasionally it can be a little hard to find a cricket to eat in the desert so scorpions like to eat each other. Of course, they have a beer with each after and have a good laugh about it.



It's not all King of the Desert for scorpions, and sometimes they become the hunted, as seen here where this lilac breasted roller has managed to dodge a stinger to the eye and shown the scorpion who's who in the food chain.

And just to show you that scorpions do have a lil love for their own (when they are not eating each other that is), this scorpion mother was photographed carry her babies on her back. Apparently baby scorpions are born live.

So there you have it, a quick and dirty photo essay on scorpions and what kind of insects and critters that you might find them eating. Now that you know they have sharp stingers, you might want to check your boots next time you put them on after they've been outdoors for a while... or you might just end up as dessert. 

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